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State senate sends Medicaid expansion bill to House

DENVER – The state senate voted Monday to expand government health insurance for the poor, a key part of the federal health care law known as Obamacare. Under Senate Bill 200, adu...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Udall seeks drought aid

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Monday asking the committee to add funding for livestock disaster assis...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Law requires officers to train for dog encounters

DENVER – Brittany Moore’s German Shepherd, Ava, was standing in the driveway with a rawhide bone in her mouth when a police officer’s bullet pierced the dog’s back. The Erie polic...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Property taxes due April 30

Montezuma County Treasurer Sherry Dyess reminds property owners that April 30, 2013, is the deadline to pay the 2012 property taxes for those who are paying in full. The new mailing address ...

DATE: Apr 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Shelter benefit

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tipton pushes forward on wildfire prevention bill

WASHINGTON - Two Colorado county commissioners testified in favor of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton's Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act at a House subcommittee hearing on Thursda...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bad year for bees

Pollinator populations plummet

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State wants its own slurry bombers

DENVER - Wanted: Three reasonably priced, large-capacity slurry bombers. Need ASAP. Please contact Colorado State Senate. They admit that it sounds at first like a "crazy" idea, b...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

More school days

Re-1 calendar mostly unchanged, a little longer

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Young leaders concoct 'Green Scheme'

Shopping locally is focus of High School Leadership Montezuma project

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Irrigators, rafters face bleak summer

2012 decision to draw down lake brings low releases this year

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nursing scholarship to SCCC available

The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center (SWCAHEC) has presented Southwest Colorado Community College (SCCC) with the 2013 Southwestern Colorado Nightingale Scholarship. The s...

DATE: Apr 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Education